Hi Dan

Ran the report and its as I thought

My site has better rankings across the board than 6 of the top 10 results?

• For example on page optimisation analysis is graded A and there is only one other A grade in the top 10
• FB shares - we have none but only 3 of the top 10 have 1 FB share each, while we are the only one with a Google Buzz share.
• We have the 4th best domain authority and mozrank, 3rd best moztrust
• Linking c and root domains we are 5th best and 4th best page authority

We have been building links the past 2 weeks but these dont seem to be showing in the report as on exact anchor text links we have 0 when we should have several.  BTW out of the top 10 8 out of the 10 have 0 for this metric

Does it take time for the links we have built to show in this report?

Thanks

Is it best to canonicalise the URL via webmaster tools to point to the www version of the site.

I have added some content on the site before they was very little - how much content is enough - looking at some of the top 10 sites in the SERPS their content leaves a lot to be desired.

I am using ALT tags on images on the homepage already for the target search phrase - have I missed any opportunities?

Good idea with google map and images I can see where you are coming from- thanks

Hi

I have removed the hidden h1 behind the graphic on the homepage and included the targetted search phrase on the body copy of the homepage which I have also made bold.  So time will tell if it makes a difference to the ranking?

With proper SEO I take it you mean build inbound links as there is not much more SEO or technical side SEO left to do?

What I was trying to achieve with the accountant-swansea page was to capture the traffic and ranking for this search phrase - which way would you recommend that I achieve this with supporting internal links?

I totally understand what you mean but the no1 site are a large firm and have the resources to do this - many small businesses do not have the time to run a blog or write financial articles - if you look at the other sites in the top 10 list they are very weak, I cant understand how my site has not overtaken them already.

Would the creation of a twitter account and feed on the homepage help with SEO to get us on the 1st page?

Great thanks - will make those changes - anything else that I should be looking at?

Hi

I am working on a site http://www.harrisbassett.co.uk that for search terms such as 'Chartered Accountants Swansea' appears near the top of the 2nd page of Google.

When looking at what is listed on the 1st page for 'Chartered Accountants Swansea' I would appreciate any advice/guidance on what else could be done to give the site a final push to get on the 1st page of search results.

Over the past 2 weeks I have been building inbound links from local citation sites yelp, qype etc along with sites from competitor analysis via opensiteexplorer.

Looking at the sites that are on the 1st page I cant understand why many of them are ranking higher than me?

Any insight and plan of attack would be most appreciated from any  search experts on the forum.

Many Thanks